Tod Kawachi
Chef-Instructor
Culinary Institute of America at Greystone
Biography
TOD KAWACHI is a Chef-Instructor at The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. Tod was
raised around the rich cultural food influences of his mixed Japanese and Chinese heritage. His
extensive cooking experience began in his hometown at a Seattle culinary school, leading him
to Napa Valley’s Domaine Chandon, Los Angeles with Checkers Hotel, Hotel Bel-Air and the
Peninsula Beverly Hills. Tod then became Executive Chef at the award winning, island favorite,
Roy’s Kahana Bar & Grill on Maui. Tod has been featured in the PBS series, The Great Chefs of
Hawaii, Gourmet magazine, Bay Café TV show, at the James Beard House, as well as in The San
Francisco Examiner Magazine, which voted Kawachi one of the Bay Area’s Top Ten Up and
Coming Chefs in 1998. Prior to joining the CIA Tod worked as Constellation Wines U.S. winery
chef creating refined wine and food paired meals designed to showcase the portfolio of
impressive wines. (Napa Valley, CA)